The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 19, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Image 35

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Newspaper Page TextDRAMATIC and SPORTING SECTION FOUR Pages 1 to lO VOL. XXVII. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDA,' MORNING, JANUARY. 19, 1903. NO. 3. WM. GADSBY S SONS a mm - m m m m m - v m - am. a CONTINUES See our windows for bargains. Every article reduced from 10 to 50 per cent. We guarantee to undersell any house in Portland. Note the prices MORRIS CHAIRS REDUCED 1 1 $13 $15 $1S $20 $25 $30 Morris Morris Morris Morris Morris Morris Morns Chair reduced to. Chair reduced to. Chair reduced -to. Chair reduced to. Chair reduced to.. Chair reduced to. Chair reduced to. . 7.50 .810.00 12.00 S14.50 .$16.00 S20.0Q S2 4.00 ROCKERS AT CLEARANCE PRICES This Solid Oak Rocker, beau tlfnllv flnlahArf. rearular nrlca 16.50. Clearance Sale price.. S4.SO 120 Rockers reduced to. 113 KOCKers reaucea to. . $10 Rockers reduced to.. $ft Rockers reduced to.. $8 Rockers reduced to.. $7 Rockers reduced to.. 15 Rockers reduced -to.. .S16.00 Sll.OO . 8.00 . S7.00 . S6.50 . se.oo . $3.50 EXTENSION TABLES REDUCED $55.00 Table reduced to. . . . . . .S15.00 J30.0U Table reduced to S22. 50 $35.00 Table reduced to. ...... XtS.OO $40.00 Table reduced to S30.00 $45.00 Table reduced to $35. QO $50.00 Table reduced to S40.00 $35.00 STEEL RANGE $29 1EADER RANGE - All guaranteed for 10 years. Leader Range, with high closet 'and duplex grate, spring-balanced oven doors. This is a heavy, sub stantial and durable range, made of the best quality cold rolled steel adapt ed for coal or wood: oven thoroughly braced and bolted: asbestos - 11 ned throughout; elabo rately nlckel-trlm'd: section plate top: Gadabys' special Price. U29.00 $50.00 PARLOR SUITS $27.00 Parlor Suit, five pieces, beautifully finished " in rich dark ma- - nogany, upnoisterea m-verona, regular price jau; saie price.. . as, .uu Mall Orders for the above must include 2.0i packing charges. SIDEBOARDS ' REDUCED $22.00 $25.00 $30.00 $35.00 $40.00 $45.00 $50.00 $60.00 Sideboard red. to. Sideboard red. to. Sideboard red. to. Sideboard red. to. Sideboard red. to. Sideboard red. to. Sideboard red. to . Sideboard red. to. .S15.00 .817.50 -S20.00 -K22.00 .830.00 .835.00 .840.00 SoO.OO COMBINATION BOOKCASES $25.00 Bookoase red to... 816. SO $30.00 Bookcase red. to... .821.00 $35.00 Bookcase red. to.. .825.00 $40.00 Bookcase red. to. . .830.00 $45.00 Bookcase red. to...838.50 . ' ONE OP THE LARGEST DISPLAYS OF CARPETS AND RUGS ON THE COAST SPECIAL PRICES CARPETS Bromley's .Velvets, with borders....'. ...$1.25 Burlington Brussels, with borders. SI. 10 Tapestry Brussels, with borders. .......... . '. ....... .'. . ..... .5(51.20 Dunlap's Tapestry Brussels. 90 Reversible Pro-Brussels ...SI. 00 Brusselette Carpet, -yard wide ...."...".,....'... - 5of Granite Ingrain Carpets. . 50t ' RUG SPECIALS . $35.00 Royal Axminster Parlor Rugs, 9x12 feet, now. . . . . . .S25.00 $35.00 Wilton Velvet Rugs, 9x12 .S25.00 $25.00 Brussels. Seamless Rugs, 9x12. . . . ... . .' 20.00 $20.00 Brussels Rugs,' 9x12. ... .$15.00 $15.00 Pro-Brussels Rugs, 9x12 ..S12.00 Smaller or larger Rugs proportionately reduced.. Ingrain Sample Rugs, all wool, 1 yard square 35 Brussels Sample Rugs, fringed...... .Sl.OO READ THIS! READ THIS! SO BIRDSEYE MAPLE BEDSTEADS Full size, .beautifully figured wood. Regular price for- these beds is $15.00. We are going to sell them this'-week for, each. $6.50 IRON BEDS REDUCED Massive Iron Beds in any. - . -c o m b 1 n a tion of ctflors ; regular price - $12.0i), clearance price. .88.00 $10.00 Beds reduced to 87.00 $9.03 Beds reduced to. ... .86.25 S8.00 Beds reduced to 85.75 $7.00 Beds reduced to 84.75 $5.00 Beds reduced to 83.SO LOOK AT THIS COUGH $10.00 Each piece is upholstered In No. 1 velour, with frames,' springs ana eve-y detail of upholstering, as well as by the covering Itself, strictly high-grade In every particular. Gadsbys' price.. 810.00 $28 CHEVAL DRESSER $14.00 This lovely Dresser - irk white marjle. exactly as shown in illustration; oval French mirror, with beveled edge; six drawers; a most desirable piece; sale price. . ........ 814. OO ASK TO SEE OUR CHINA CLOSETS $17.50 $95.00 China Closet $8R.50 China Closet JS'-'.OO China Closet $60.00 China Closet $45.00 China Closet $37.00 China Closet $30.00 China Closet $25.00 China Closet now 868. OO now.......$60.00 now. 859.00 now :.840.00 now .836.00 now..-. . . . .SB'."- ?; Ww. 825. OO now.......17.50 CHIFFONIERS AT CLEARANCE SALE PRICES $40.00 Chiffoniers now....... .833.00 $30.30 Chiffoniers now 822. 50 $25.00 Chiffoniers now .820.00 $2n.00 Chiffoniers now 816. 50 $15.00 Chiffoniers now 812.25 $12.50 Chiffoniers now SIO.OO $9.00 Chiffoniers now 87.50 Dressers as low as..... $6.50 BRITISH RULE IS ATTACKED IN INDIA Hindu Leaders Use National Congress as Means of Spreading Discontent. PEASANTS REFLECT SPIRIT Government May Be Compelled to Arrest and Imprison Agitators in Order to Quell the Movement Against the Authorities. CALCUTTA. Jan. IS. (Special.) The misnamed Indian National Congress at Surat came to grief, es well-informed per sons supposed it would, because it was not really a Congress, having neither rules of procedure nor fixed, representation. An attempt o elect Dr. Ghose, a compara tively moderate man, as president was shouted down, though it was supported by 6urendra Nath Banerjeo, the famous hero of the "crowning" incident little more than a year ago. The explanation of the uproar was that the extremists of the Congress had determined to bring up a series of violent resolutions directly at tacking British rule. As a prelude to the disorder, Rajpat Rai, the barrister, who was deported early in the year from the PunjaT for sedition, was given a wildly enthusiastic reception by the mob of Surat. , . Tho national congress, so-called, exists as a center of wordy discontent in India. It is chiefly recruited from the Hindu element, for '.he Ma-hommedans take little part in its factious and turbulent proceeds ings. For a generation its speakers have lost no opportunity of attacking the Brit ish government and denouncing the In dian authorities, though the Indian gov ernment has shewn itself ready to do all that can reasonably or with safety be done, to meet the complaints made. The 'educated native of character now has a career open to him in the British service. He can-rise high and receive-a large sal ary. - But the system of education in India has produced a large crop of natives who are not fitted for administrative work, and for whom there is little opening. Must Watch Peasantry. ' It is among these that the malcontents are chiefly found. In themselves they are not formidable, but recent events suggest that their systematic attacks upon the Indian government are beginning to in fluence the Hindu peasantry. This is a symptom which that Government would do well to watch and, if unrest continues to show itself, the Babu talkers and preachers of sedition must be called, ar rested and pert in prison. To ensure re spect in the East, a government must be strong and not .shrink from enforcing ia will upon the Lala Rajpat Rais and their like. While the situation is threatening. and has been for some time, it is not be lieved to be dangerous. It is a somewhat singular coincidence, however, that at the very moment that England was com memorating the mutiny of 1857 the row at Surat' occurred. . . - Aswin Kumar Dutta, who has been pro posed as the nationalist leader is very well known in Eastern Bengal. He is the principal of the Braoja Mohun College at Barisal. He came to the front when the anti-British boycott movement was started, and organized the "national vol unteers" and the village committees to enforce the boycott. He possesses the reputation iri Calcutta of being one of the ablest living Bengalis. The Englishman points out that the so-called national vol unteers, while not "so keen on self-adver tisement as formerly, are sll a live or ganization. They were originally re cruited from the akharas, or schools of physical culture. . These schools are in existence everywhere, and the exercises consist of lathi play and the use of the sword and dagger. In Faridpur the National' Volunteers have taken a firmer hold, and nowhere have certain zemindars shown more flagrant and impudent defiance of the authorities. Two, - particularly, have made themselves notorious by the open. way In which they have entertained bodies of lathials, for the sole purpose of pushing on the boycott by violence and for coercing those who refuse to pay fines levied -on them for using British goods. In the same district, moreover, social ostracism has been carried to the length of a fine art, and everybody who is suspected of loyalty to the government runs the risk of being outcasted. ' Destroy British Goods. The National Volunteers -and the lathi als of the zemindars conceive themselves at liberty to destroy British-made goods whenever they see them. In the village of Pulta, Pansithana, British goods were snatched away and burnt, a self-appointed committee fined some people in cash and put others out of caste, forbidding priests and barbers to serve them, and finally speeches were delivered from 9 P. M. to 3 A. M., at which the hearers were exhorted to take lathials into their service in order, that an army of sol diers might be prepared to drive the government-out of the country. The martial ardor of the lathial la kept up by such stuff as the following, taken from the Jugantar, which has already been prosecuted for sedition: "Come, and let us learn a new lesson. Iet us once, see what vivifying power lies in the sweet dance of warrior mother (the Goddess Kali), reveling in the use of the scimitar. At the touch of her feet even rotten corpses, 700 years old, can regain life. Mother is the beauty of the world, kind-hearted and pleasing to look at. Her lips are curved with Joy. The glances of her good eyes .beam with affection eyes that surpass a hundred moons in splendor. A graceful hand is extended in granting boohs .and assur ances of protection, and thus healing all miseries. Why, again, does the sportive mother dance, outvying, by elowinr arms. scores of suns,, and covering the whole earth with heads of demons, dripping wiin Dioua : vv uy ucr wuu aance is cre ation of the world; at every rhythmic fall of her heel and graceful feet, the dusts give birth to hundreds of Bhtsmas, Arjunas. and Dadhlchis; and out of the drops of blood shed from the whirling scimitar rise gods. By thus dancing, sweetly, and indulging in roars of laugh ter at the death of demons, the universal mother means to each: 'Oh! blind dar ings, go and dance in war. .War is but a life-giving nectar!" " Recently the boys of Neile City School became infested with the rowdyism . of their seniors, and the two upper classes greeted their teachers with derisive shouts of "Bande Mataram." Nothing was done to enforce discipline, and the evil grew apace. ' The rest of the school took uji the cry, and it became the usual practice to shout it at the - heardmaster and -his Btaft. Six classes fired it oft at the inspector of schools in his round of inspection. This was a serious matter, and he called upon the school committee to take action. In due course the com mittee met. They took infinite pains, vis iting each offending class in turn. The boys of fonr classes apologized, with ex pressions of repentance. The two senior classes proved recalcitrant. Not only did they refuse to apologize, but they yelled the more. This time there was no hesi tation. They were expelled. ' By way of protest they organized a demonstration, impressing their school friends, many of whom had Just apolo gized, but evidently were not unwilling to be impressed, and gathered to the number of 150 in the entrance to the school compound. Soon after Mr. Bray, professor of English literature at the' Morris College, which stands in the same compound, appeared. The "school boys repeated the tactics which they had applied to their own teachers, only they were more violent. The disorder was so great that the police in a station near by turned out and arrested 22. Later in the day a disorderly mob collected, oat- side the police station, and on refusing to -diperse, a few more arrests were made. The upshot of it all is that stu dents and schoolboys' have declined -.rb attend college or school on the ground that they are liable to arrest. ' . A Bengali Swami has just returned from a stay in America, and has deliv ered an address to his compatriots, in which he pleads for the cultivation of the ancient Hindu religion, in its purest form, as the basis of all Swadeshi, .de nounces political agitation as tts bane, and quotes the work of Sinn Fein in Ire land as an example of what can be done by organization -outside of politics.-' The speech was given in a public hall in Cal cutta, before a crowded audience, and ex hibits a -piquant blending -of modernity and reaction. . A few samples may be given: . . ' "I hate politics because it Is a pariah side of life. I am a Brahmin and a her mit, and have nothing to do with politics. In' our country religion is the mainstay of life and politics is the outermost .ex pression of material life. Tou want to be politicians. Where are your politics? You have no politics, yem Hindus. You humbug yourselves. You have been dis- armed, you cannot sport a knife or a big stick, and the government is armed to the teeth. Swadeshi is a. God-sent thing a dispensation in the march of the world's events. - When I read of the Swadeshi movement I jumped with joy. "One day, however, I was alarmed, when I noticed the. importation of your political, claptrap into this God-sent movement, which is to regenerate you in your economic condition, in your materi al condition, finally, in your spiritual con dition. . Some of the extremists made po litical capital out of it. "You must not follow-thena.- They are your worst ene-r' mies. They are wolves in sheep's cloth ing. The Irish fought their political bat tles in the British Parliament for 40 years. They gave up that game and started the Sinn Fein movement for re viving everything national, and in 13 years that 'yielded results far greater than those achieved in 40 years of cam paigning all round the country, and on the floor of the House of Commons. " "Be Swadeshi spiritually, religiously and in your home life and social life, and in the course of a' few years you will see this grow into a huge tree for your dis tressed people to sit under its shade." TELLS STORY OF HER 1 CRIMES Career of Minneapolis Woman , Presents Interesting Study in Criminolcgy. HELD POSITIONS OF TRUST PUT SHIPS ON CHANNEL Canard Company May Add to At . . - lantlo Service. I LONDON. Ian. 18. (Special.) Althoueh the Cunard Company has promptly con tradicted; the story that the Lusltanla and the Mauretanla were shortly to be trans ferred to the English Channel route, the belief persists in well-informed shipping circles that it still has an eye on the Continental traffic. An obvious defect of the statement was its assumption that the .Mauretanla and the Lusltanla may be put on any service wnlcn Mr. Watson and his colleagues think fit. The fact Is over looked that the leviathans were built for certain . specified work, which the Cunard Company . undertook to., do under a con tract with the British- government. The last word concerning any change of route is, therefore.T-with the government, whose views, in the controversy between the ad vocates of -Liverpool, and-those of South-: ampton are not difficult to guess.' In order, however, to share the Conti nental traffic the Cunard people need not take the Lusltania and Mauretanla on the Liverpool-Queexstown route. They might transfer the Caronia and the Car mania, and run them on the English Channel route iri conjunction with- the new boats they have for some time had in their minds to build. These projected vessels are to be bigger than the Car mania, and they are to have turbines. The Cunard directors would hardly be men of business if they kept longer away from the Channel, because undoubtedly the stream of Atlantic passenger traffic runs more strongly thWe. There are two good reasons for this. One is that trav elers incline more and more to count the luxurious accommodation of the modern large liner ample compensation for the loss of an hour or two on a voyage. The other is that the time gained in traveling overland to join a boat is not so great as it is sometimes 'made out to be. Of course, the most expeditious route for the mails from New York is their direct tran sit to Liverpool. LARGE ROOMS FOR PRESS Reporters Have Fine Quarters in Westminster Talace. LONDON, Jan. 15. (Special.) Very few structural alterations have been made in the Palace of Westminster this recess, except in the portion given up for the journalista. The chief improve ment in the public parts, and It is very marked, is in the corridors leading from the central hall to the two chambers. For many years the stonework of the walls and arches has been hidden under a thick coating of paint- Following the experiment made in the members' lobby last year, this paint has been removed, and now the beautiful design Is revealed as the architect intended. Upstairs the press accommodation has undergone an extensive transform ation. The idea of the Office of Works Is to make the large suite of rooms more compact. One of the greatest im provements is the provision of another large working room for reporters, which overlooks the Speaker's court. There are also great extensions of the tearoom and . buffet space, the dining- room and the kitchen. In the latter, it is said, that the new plant and equipment will compare favor ably with tnat or any ciuo in London. Another Innovation is a bathroom. . What would the journalists of 40 or 50 years ago think of these things? In their day their presence was barelv tolerated within th palace. Augusta C. Fahrm, AVlth Appear' a nee of Sunday School Teacher, Victimizes Various Firms of Total of $11,540. MINNEAPOLIS,' Jan. 12. One of th most rcmarkablo criminal manipulator ever brought to the attention of tho po lice of any city is Miss Augusta C. Fahrm, who Is now in custody in Min neapolis. Miss Fahrm is a demure blondi young woman with a penchant for re ligion, and yet within a short time she .has victimized various employers out ol amounts aggregating $11,540, according tc the Minneapolis Tribune. Miss Fahrm's latest victim, and the one -which has brought her to face hei accusers, is the A. E. Johnson Company, of Minneapolis, to whom she has con fessed her crime, and whom she begs for mercy .hat she may lead a new and a better life. Miss Fahrm addressed the following letter of confession to Olaf O. Scarle, secretary of the company: Makes String of Confessions. paving finally decided to make a "clean breast" of everything", or give an near a complete vtateiuetit as possible of what ha been done with money taken from you, I herewith submit the attached statement, terribly humiliating as it is for me to do so. Together with all my other suffering this statement is costing me the effort of my life -and yet the greatest relief experienced as well. Knowing and understanding as I now do the full extent of my crime, and the pun ishment it deserveE, I can only throw my self on your mercy and feel that my life in the future lies in your merciful hands, so to -speak. If given an opportunity I know it will be a great turning point In my life, and for the better with God's belp. I sincerely " hope I may have the oppor tunity of living down my disgrace and some day, Mr. Searle. I hope and pray you will not be ashamed to know me and that in a measure you will feel somewhat rewarded nd blessed for helping the poor little Omaha girl. Miss Fahrm's confession is unique, be cause it comes from her own hand, writ ten without suggestion, and in her own way. After tho short but complete con fession, this young woman, who rivals the famous Cassie Chadwlck, of world fame, attache;, a two-page, closely writ ten itemized statement of what has be come of the money taken, in which she is able to account for all the money se cured during the six months of her em ployment, with the exception of $254.45, and all from her wonderful memory, as sisted by a few notes in her possession. Her Career of Crime. The young woman now awaiting a dis position of her- case in the County Jail under indictment for grand larceny In the first degree, has been a most methodical speculator since she came into business life. She is first heard ot in Omaha, where she secured good positions by the aid of recommendations from ministers. The Omaha crimes she has not confessed to, and she was never pb,t on trial for either. It was three years ago when she went to work for the Myron-Dillon Drug Company, and there it is said she secured $4000 before she was removed for cause. The company really has only an indefi nite idea of what was taken and nothing could be absolutely proved. From there the young woman went to work as inventory clerk with the Linin ger Implement Company, where nothing developed. Next she went to the Bren-non-Love Company, and while In the real estate department she secured somethiner like $3200. Nothing could be provtS against her. Her next place was with the Columbia Optical Company, where she se cured only about $900 before sjie was let out This firm could not trace the crime to her positively. From Omaha she came to Minneapolis well recommended and secured her po sition with the A. E. Johnson Company, steamship agents, where she had access to the cash, and there her system was worked again, but during her trip to Omaha it was fastened upon her. So engaging is she that even her -attorney, George Myers, to whom she pretended innocence after she had made confessions to others, could not believe her guilty. Find Whisky and Revolver. After her arrest, the authorities with members of the firm of A. E. Johnson & Co. went through er belongings look ing for clues and stray cash. She dressed so plainly that it was supposed she must have secreted much of the stolen money. There was found In one of her grips a bottle of whisky and a loaded revolve There were also letters from a woman friend in Omaha, with whom she appears to have been infatuated. ' It is a stranige fact that Miss Fahrm wrote a first confession to the firm, from the Berkeley Hotel, dated December 31, Just prior to her arrest. In this confes sion she states that she voluntarily makes a clean breast of everything, and prays for forgiveness. This confession is being kept in case the culprit should, through advice, at the last moment, claim that the last confession was made under dufess. In appearance and action the young woman is one to disarm suspicion. Neat ly, even severely clad, with the appear ance of a Sunday school teacher, she has a sweet and. disarming smile and engag ing conversation. She poses as a most devout young woman, and her Bible is ever present. Her talk Is of higher ideals and the good there is in life. "I know that the way lies clear for me to lead a better life," she said yester day, while speaking in the jail where she is confined. "This misstep will all pass away, and If I am given an opportunity to retrieve this one bad action, it will be a needVd lesson to me. "Winy I did it 1 do not know. I did not want the money. I only wanted to do good to others and make them happy. It seemed such a little thing to do." It is not generally known that she made one attempt to leave the city Just be fore she waa placed In charge of the of ficers of the Central Station. She had taken the Great Western train for Omaha, but was intercepted in St. Paul. ,